The bill to extend the Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crimes Against Native People Heads to President's Desk
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S.5087, a bill to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against American Indians and Alaska Natives. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) co-led the original Not Invisible Act enacted in 2020 and this extension that now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
“The Not Invisible Act Commission has important work to do to help the Departments combat the longstanding crisis of missing and murdered, and trafficked Indigenous people—which is why I’ve worked so diligently to help provide them with the support they need. I applaud the passage of this bill today which will extend the commission so that it can do its critical work,” said Senator Murkowski. “I thank Senator Schatz, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, for his assistance in moving the bill through the Committee last month and Senator Cortez Masto for her continued partnership.”
“There is still much work to do to combat the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and extending the Not Invisible Act Commission will ensure that it can keep playing its vital role in addressing this crisis,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “I passed this legislation to bring...
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